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Mory Kanté

Blues
Blues

Mory Kanté is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Hardfloor, Barbara Kanam and Salif Keita. Those roots explain a lot about how Mory Kanté arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Toumani Diabaté, Bembeya Jazz National, Ofra Haza, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Orchestra Baobab, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Albano Carrisi, Amadou & Mariam, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Victor Démé and Hardfloor, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Mory Kanté, reaching back through Hardfloor and forward to Albano Carrisi. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Mory KantéHardfloorBarbara KanamSalif KeitaAlbano CarrisiAmadou & MariamTiken Jah FakolyVictor DéméHardfloorDarren TateMajida El RoumiGilberto GilToumani DiabatéBembeya Jazz NationalOfra HazaTiken Jah FakolyOrchestra BaobabAmadou & MariamTinariwenKaoma

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Mory Kanté connections

Mory Kanté grew out of Hardfloor, Barbara Kanam and Salif Keita, shares an orbit with Toumani Diabaté, Bembeya Jazz National, Ofra Haza and Tiken Jah Fakoly, went on to shape Albano Carrisi, Amadou & Mariam, Tiken Jah Fakoly and Victor Démé. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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